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i*q» 'THE HISTORY Book I. confecrfited t>y a Roman officer to Verb-eia the Goddefe -Nymph, of the current 5 . In this village center feveral roads of the Romans.. The road. which comes from Maricunium and appears upom Rumbles Moor is found again upon Middleton and Blueburgh-houfe Moors be- yond the town, paved, like that, with ftones uncommonly large, . and edged, like that, with ftill larger, and points, I fuppofe, ta Catarick. Another road ftretches over the hills, from the weft, and is evidently the fame which is traverfed by the feventh Iter* of Richard, This road is traceable for three miles together from Ilkley* and then appears very confpicuous for<a whole mile, . lying upon a large moor in the townfhip of Old Addinghara, , parallel, with and a few yards to the fouth of the.prefeat roadLta. Skipton, and croffed nearly at right angles by the turning road; to Colne*. which falls afterwards into another road nearly pa&l- - lei with both, though a good deal more foutheriy than either*; And from, all this line of the road it. appears demonftrably not/- to have been- directed to Colne at all* It plainly, points Jbmet miles to the north of Colne and fome to tbe fouth of Skipton^ and bears undoubtedly upon Broughton, a final! village in York-, fliirer about fix ftatute-miles to the north of Ctilne and^fout osr five to the fouth-weft of Skipton, and lyes upon thq bank of a finally gurrent in a valley. And Broughton muft certainly have been the, fiction which is here denominated in Richard -Ad A ipes Peninps*, The whole? range of hills which, runs from Deri?y(hix& info Scot- land was naturally denominated by the Britons,, as a part of the r mountains of Swkferlaad is denominated to. the prefent day, JUpj, Penin, the- Penine or Apennine. Alps, .the high heads or the lofty. hills 6 . And this pfrfTof the range inXome meafure retains the, general appellation- to the prefent period, . anvhigh abrupt peak to the fouth-weft being, ftill denominated. Pen-hull Pendle or the head -height* a. large lofty moor ftill nearer to, Broughton being called Pea-how Peijnow or the head-hill,, and a great high mountain a little to the. north, of Broughton being ftill named Peni-guent Penigenfc on the. principal head ?.. And the toad from: Broughton,, like the feventh iter of Richard,. i& car- ried-